Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks: May 19

Kyle Blanks #88 of the Texas Rangers is one of our daily fantasy plays for Tuesday because he faces a lefty in right-handed hitter-friendly Fenway Park.

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Logan Forsythe, 2B, Rays (at Braves, $2,600): Jimmy Paredes at $3,200 is another excellent option tonight but I’d rather save $600 for another hitter. Forsythe grades as a 93 on the Inside-Edge 100-point hitting scale (Paredes this year is a 94) and gets one of the weaker pitchers on the slate in Mike Foltynewicz. Unlike Paredes, he does not have the platoon advantage, however.

Kyle Blanks, OF, Rangers (at Red Sox, $3,000): A big power, righty bat in aiming over the inviting Green Monster against a struggling lefty (Wade Miley with his 5.60 ERA)…. What could go wrong? The 6-foot-6, 265-pound Blanks is red hot, too (18-for-55 with three bombs).

J.D. Martinez, OF, Tigers (Brewers, $3,200): He’s very hot (1.175 OPS the past week) and that’s not priced in. Stanford University study advises us to play hot hitters so we’ll take the tailwind when it’s basically free, against one of the lower-rated pitchers according to the Inside-Edge metrics, Jimmy Nelson. Martinez also has been a productive hitter outside of this hot streak.

Joey Votto, 1B, Reds (at Royals, $3,600): This price is too low, especially against a righty like Yordano Ventura with an ERA over 5.00. Votto has cooled after a white-hot start but the lefty remains one of the best hitters in baseball when healthy. This year, Inside-Edge grades him a 95 out of 100.